Today was Sunday. We went to vote at the CCCC Health Sciences Building (the building behind the the new Food Lion off 15-501). The staff was efficient, impeccable, kind, aware and welcoming. They made me feel humble and proud all at the same time — glad to be voting inContinue Reading
Elections are around the corner. Here is the voting information published by the Chatham County Line: https://chathamcountyline.org/know-before-you-go-make-a-plan-to-vote/ And below are the answers the County Commissioner candidates provided the Chatham County Line: https://chathamcountyline.org/candidates-for-chatham-county-commissioner/ I was surprised to learn from the Chatham News and Record that at least two of theContinue Reading
Election season means campaign signs are visible across the county. Many people do not like them, but they are a method for candidates to get their names in front of the voters. A reminder to all, whether Democrat or Republican – North Carolina statute GS.136-32 allows campaign signs from 30Continue Reading
Take our survey (poll closes at 9 pm on October 6): Place your guess at https://www.polltab.com/4eUGsAIORPp The following have applied for the District 1 seat: ? Stanley Beeks, who most recently retired as deputy general director from a company that provides products and services in the fields of cryptography, eTravel documents,Continue Reading
From: Jerry Markatos Sent: Friday, August 12, 2022 at 12:28:55 AM EDTSubject: Political ad writer needs a NC geography lesson We just received a political ad by mail, mocking Chatham County’s capable representative in the NC House for supporting a bill that adopts “the current business standard mileage rate setContinue Reading
This Sunday, 8/14, all the local GOP candidates will be appearing between 2 and 4pm, at the Agricultural Center, on 64 W Business, just West of CCCC.. The purpose of this event is for each candidate to give brief opening remarks, the rest of the time will be for openContinue Reading
Publisher and editor of the Chatham News + Record Bill Horner spoke with 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell on Wednesday, May 11. He details a recent piece covering a quartet of first-time candidates running for Siler City town government, a millionaire supporter and sweeping (but potentially plagiarized) promises. Audio hereContinue Reading
Who: Walter Petty and Congressman Ted BuddWhen: Thursday May 12th, 4:30 – 6:30pmWhere: Carolina Brewery in PittsboroWhy: Education not Indoctrination Democracy not Dictatorship Freedom and the rule of law From: Dustin Miller <dustinmillermedia@gmail.com>Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 08:36:22 PM EDTSubject: Tonight May 12th – meet Congressman Ted Budd and houseContinue Reading
In a Chatham News & Record online story about Monday evening’s Chatham County School Board meeting, their reporter Hannah McClelland noted the following: “Board policies allow each speaker three minutes to talk; 16 people signed up to speak Monday. Led primarily by moms of students, those against the mask mandateContinue Reading
From: virginia penley Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021, 08:20:49 AM EDTSubject: RE: attack on Lesley Landis I was disappointed to see that tripe from a purported guru from gulf attacking my friends Lesley Landis and Randy Voller. People in my generation learned years ago to steer clear of self proclaimedContinue Reading
Dear Chatlist and Pittsboro voters, Ugh. No one likes negative campaigning. And that “Fiocco Fiasco” flyer circulating over the weekend was certainly negative. Isn’t it a shame that anyone in our community feels so pressed by what’s happening to be moved to such negativism? And that flyer was redolent with opinions. YetContinue Reading
Since Fiocco, Baldwin, and Nass have *never* earned Sierra Club endorsement in any of the FIVE election cycles in which they’ve run (2009, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021), even if Virginia Penley’s story were true (Chatlist #7115), I find it very hard to believe that their endorsement applications were lost in theContinue Reading
So, the Chatham Journal (on Facebook) has posted public documents on the PAC started by Randy Voller to support Jim Nass and Michael Fiocco. Turns out that the documents show two major donors. Mayor Jim Nass and some retired attorney from Florida. Jim Nass appears to have donated 79.16% of the totalContinue Reading
Why would you let someone attack a person in such a terrible way on your chat list? As you allowed some unnamed person attack Lesley Landis. You should not allow such things on this site. I have not seen such an attack on this site before. Why did you allowContinue Reading
The latest story by Casey M. Mann is hot off the presses regarding the recent endorsement process of the Orange/Chatham Sierra Club: By Casey Mann, Senior Correspondent Municipal candidates and their supporters are touting endorsementsfrom the local Sierra Club in municipal races in Orange County andPittsboro, but is it fairContinue Reading